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Read the latest gaming news, get game downloads, mods, patches, and watch game videos at Game Front.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 06:44:34 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1By: Ron Whitakerhttp://www.gamefront.com/comment-of-the-week-ron-was-wrong-about-wow-not-being-dumbed-down/#comment-396291
Ron WhitakerMon, 30 Sep 2013 12:13:36 +0000http://www.gamefront.com/?p=243282#comment-396291Wow, 4+ years ago. Blizzard made some great calls with WoW, and they made some poor calls with WoW. This was one of the great ones.
As to WoW being 'streamlined,' anyone who plays just about any MMO from the last 5 years can thank WoW for their game of choice existing. The rapid explosion of the MMO playerbase that WoW fueled is singlehandedly responsible for most of those games being greenlit by publishers. It wasn't so much streamlined in the beginning as it was "accessible." It made MMO players out of people who didn't play MMOs. It made a genre that looked like it would remain very niche into a massive, multi-billion dollar proposition.
Sure, you can be mad at the direction WoW went over the years, and no one is asking you, me, or anyone else to like it. But we have to recognize its impact on gaming.Wow, 4+ years ago. Blizzard made some great calls with WoW, and they made some poor calls with WoW. This was one of the great ones.

As to WoW being ‘streamlined,’ anyone who plays just about any MMO from the last 5 years can thank WoW for their game of choice existing. The rapid explosion of the MMO playerbase that WoW fueled is singlehandedly responsible for most of those games being greenlit by publishers. It wasn’t so much streamlined in the beginning as it was “accessible.” It made MMO players out of people who didn’t play MMOs. It made a genre that looked like it would remain very niche into a massive, multi-billion dollar proposition.

Sure, you can be mad at the direction WoW went over the years, and no one is asking you, me, or anyone else to like it. But we have to recognize its impact on gaming.

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JizSat, 28 Sep 2013 16:02:08 +0000http://www.gamefront.com/?p=243282#comment-396058lol would know all about the baby market.lol would know all about the baby market.
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lolSat, 28 Sep 2013 13:48:26 +0000http://www.gamefront.com/?p=243282#comment-396054WoW was a "streamlined" mmo from the getgo though, that's why it ruined every other mmo out there when it came out. Baby's First MMO.WoW was a “streamlined” mmo from the getgo though, that’s why it ruined every other mmo out there when it came out. Baby’s First MMO.
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